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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. The keyboard of a stringed instrument.
Clavier
Parody
Key signature
Deceptive cadence
2. Initially an improvised cadence by a soloist; later becoming an elaborate and written out passage in an aria or concerto - featuring the skills of an instrumentalist or vocalist.
Fugue
Cadenza
Partial
Maestro
3. A piece of music written for two vocalists or instrumentalists.
Counterpoint
Time Signature
Duet
Tune
4. A musical scale having five notes.For example: the five black keys of a keyboard make up a pentatonic scale.
Pentatonic Scale
Slur
Madrigal
Leitmotif
5. A set of four musicians who perform a composition written for four parts.
Quartet
Accelerando
Baroque
Orchestration
6. When several strings are tuned to harmonically related pitches - all strings vibrate when only one of the strings is struck.
Musicology
Resonance
Fugue
Tutti
7. A short light musical drama.
Septet
Operetta
Rubato
Courante
8. Word to indicate that the movement or entire composition is to be played smoothly.
Round
Legato
Monotone
Form
9. In sheet music - a symbol at the beginning of the staff defining the pitch of the notes found in that particular staff.
Rhythm
Virtuoso
Clef
Flat
10. Slow and stately dance music written in triple time.
Modulation
Minuet
Oratorio
Slur
11. A short and simple melody performed by a soloist that is part of a larger piece.
Sextet
Cavatina
Trio
Tone less
12. Refers to any great composer - conductor - or teacher of music.
Maestro
Expressionism
Triad
Tablature
13. Two notes that differ in name only. The notes occupy the same position.For example: C sharp and D flat.
EnharmonicInterval
Grazioso
Classical
Form
14. A harmonic given off by a note when it is played.
Tonic
Capriccio
Partial
Sharp
15. The expression the performer brings when playing his instrument.
Symphony
Interpretation
Whole note
Relative pitch
16. A sequence of songs - perhaps on a single theme - or with texts by one poet - or having continuos narrative.
Ligature
Voice
Song cycle
Movement
17. A system of notation for stringed instruments. The notes are indicated by the finger positions.
Counterpoint
Tablature
Trio
Polyphony
18. A numeric symbol in sheet music determining the number of beats to a measure.
Grandioso
Encore
Septet
Time Signature
19. A period in history dating from the 14th to 16th centuries. This period signified the rebirth of music - art - and literature.
Reed
Measure
Renaissance
Tempo
20. Arrangement of music for a combined number of instruments.
Instrumentation
Sonatina
Opera
Dynamics
21. A portion of the range of the instrument or voice.
Gavotte
Phrase
Tonic
Register
22. A dance written in triple time - where the accent falls on the first beat of each measure.
Classicism
Refrain
Waltz
Oratorio
23. A curve over notes to indicate that a phrase is to be played legato.
Slur
Fourth
Rococo
Relative major and minor
24. The keyboard of a stringed instrument.
Whole-tone scale
Obbligato
Sonatina
Clavier
25. Music of a particular form consisting of four movements. Each of the movements differ in tempo - rhythm - and melody; but are held together by subject and style.
Sonata
Romantic
Espressivo
Tune
26. A symbol in sheet music that returns a note to its original pitch after it has been augmented or diminished.
Presto
Cadenza
Natural
March
27. The structure of a piece of music.
Form
Cadence
Root
Suite
28. A short and simple melody performed by a soloist that is part of a larger piece.
Key
Cavatina
Clavier
Quintet
29. A repeated phrase.
Ostinato
Tune
Sextet
Rondo
30. A combination of two or more staves on which all the notes are vertically aligned and performed simultaneously in differing registers and instruments.
System
Requiem
Movement
Klangfarbenmelodie
31. A glissando or portamento. Also refers to the moving part of a trombone.
Major
Atonal
Cantata
Slide
32. Tone color - quality of sound that distinguishes one verse or instrument to another. It is determined by the harmonies of sound.
Quintet
Timbre
Romantic
Sonatina
33. Closing section of a movement.
Rigaudon
Coda
Motif
Measure
34. Written for 2 to 10 solo parts featuring one instrument to a part. Each part bears the same importance.
Triplet
Motif
Gregorian Chant
Chamber music
35. A direction to play expressively.
Form
Leading note
Espressivo
Register
36. Repetition of a single tone.
Hymn
Clef
Presto
Monotone
37. The element of music pertaining to time - played as a grouping of notes into accented and unaccented beats.
Castrato
Time Signature
Rhythm
Refrain
38. The tonal characteristics determined by the relationship of the notes to the tone.
Chord progression
Tone less
Overture
Tonality
39. One of the two modes of the tonal system. The minor mode can be identified by the dark - melancholic mood.
Tonality
A cappella
Minor
Piano
40. To hold a tone or rest held beyond the written value at the discretion of the performer.
Cadenza
Chorale
Trill
Fermata
41. Creating variation pitch in a note by quickly alternating between notes.
Vibrato
Neoclassical
Virtuoso
Impromptu
42. A piece of music written in triple time. Also an old French dance.
Courante
Parody
Ligature
Reed
43. To repeat a previous part of a composition generally after other music has been played.
Leitmotif
Reprise
Sonata
Canon
44. A reprise.
Fifth
Slur
Recapitulation
A cappella
45. Tone color - quality of sound that distinguishes one verse or instrument to another. It is determined by the harmonies of sound.
Timbre
Gavotte
Glee
Progression
46. A composition written for a solo instrument. The soloist plays the melody while the orchestra plays the accompaniment.
Trill
Symphony
Expressionism
Concerto
47. The playing or singing the upper half of the vocal range. Also the highest voice in choral singing.
Register
Treble
Temperament
Ornaments
48. Sliding between two notes.
Cantata
Grave
Glissando
Pizzicato
49. A glissando or portamento. Also refers to the moving part of a trombone.
Slide
Ligature
Stretto
Tune
50. A composition written for a solo instrument. The soloist plays the melody while the orchestra plays the accompaniment.
Concerto
Triplet
Chromatic scale
Tessitura